Animal Diversity Web

Scorpaenopsis oxycephala

Small-scale scorpionfish

(Also: Tassled scorpionfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Scorpaeniformes
        
        Family Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes or rockfishes)
        
        Genus Scorpaenopsis
        
        Species Scorpaenopsis oxycephala (Small-scale scorpionfish)